Cupcakes

Ingredients

• plain flour 120 g
• caster sugar 140 g
• baking powder 1.5 tsp
• unsalted butter 40 g
• whole milk 120 ml
• egg 1 whole
• salt 1 pinch
• vanilla 0.25 tsp

Instructions

1. 1

   Heat the oven to 350°F and line a 12-hole tin.

2. 2

   Cream the butter and caster sugar, then beat in the egg, milk, and vanilla.

3. 3

   Fold in the flour, baking powder, and salt.

4. 4

   Divide between the cases and bake about 18-20 minutes.

5. 5

   Variations: for chocolate, add 20g cocoa to the batter; for lemon, use 150g flour with 2 Tbsp lemon zest in place of the vanilla. Frost with a buttercream of 250g icing sugar, 80g butter, and 25ml milk (add 40g cocoa for chocolate, or 2 Tbsp lemon zest for lemon).